The
Iraqi Republican Guard (
Ḥaris al-‘Irāq al-Jamhūriyy) was a branch of the Iraqi military from 1969 to 2003, primarily during the
presidency of
Saddam Hussein. It later became the Republican Guard Corps, and then the Republican Guard Forces Command (RGFC) with its expansion into two corps. The Republican Guard was disbanded in 2003, after the
invasion of Iraq by a
U.S.-led
international coalition.